Reversible garment and method for making same



Feb. 3, 1970 c. B. KING 3,492,676

REVERSIBLE GARMENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Filed May 17 1968 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 c. B. KING 3,492,67

REVERSIBLE GARMENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Feb. 3, 1970 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May 17 1968 INVENTOR. C 4 ,4 Y 5 K/NG,

REVERSIBLE GARMENT AND METHOD FOR MAKING SAME Filed May 17 1968 C. 8. KING Feb. 3, 1970 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR. 044V 5 ,e/A/cv United States Patent US. Cl. 2-243 (Ilaims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLUSURE A method of making a reversible body garment is provided in which the front and rear portions of the garment are sewed together except along the neck and arm open ings, and thereafter, the lower front and rear portions of the garment are folded upwardly, or ulled inside out. The sleeves are sewed to the front and rear portions of the garment before it is folded upwardly. Thereafter, the front and rear upper portions of the garment are reversed or pulled inside out. The outer ends of the sleeves are then rolled over the inner ends of the sleeves and these rolled over portions of the sleeves and the arm holes are pulled in the same direction through the neck hole of the garment and are connected together. The collar is then connected to the garment.

A reversible garment is provided having a double front portion and a double rear portion and double sleeve portions which can be worn in one direction and then reversed and worn in another direction.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method of making a garment which is reversible and suitable for use by a child, a woman or a man, which garment has a finished appearance when worn with either side out.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method of making a reversible garment that can be easily made by a relatively unskilled person to produce a finished garment and in a minimum amount of time, by following accurately a set of simple directions or patterns.

It is yet another object of the invention to provide a reversible garment which has a finished appearance and has the weight and feel of a single lined garment, no matter which side is worn on the outside.

Various other objects and advantages of the present invention will be readily apparent from the following detailed description when considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part thereof and in which:

FIGURE 1 is a view of the separate portions of the garment laid out in plan to illustrate the various portions that make up the reversible garment of the present invention when properly sewed together.

FIGURE 2 is an isometric exploded view of the front and rear portions which are assembled together to make up the final two-ply front portion and rear portion of the assembled garment.

FIGURE 3 is a view similar to FIGURE 2, but illustrating the front and rear portions of the garment connected together along their edges except for the arm holes and the neck holes of the garment.

FIGURE 4 is a view of a sleeve of the garment folded over before it is sewed to the arm hole and before the folded over sleeve is sewn together.

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FIGURE 5 is a view similar to FIGURE 4, but illustrating the sleeve of the garment after it has been folded over and sewn together.

FIGURE 6 is a view similar to FIGURE 3, but illustrating the position of the front and rear portions after it is sewn together and before the sleeves have been sewed to the arm holes.

FIGURE 7 is a view similar to FIGURE 6, except that the inner edges of the sleeves have been sewed to the front and rear portions of the garment and further illustrating the step of turning the lower portion of the front and rear panels inside out or folding it upwardly.

FIGURE 8 is a view similar to FIGURE 7 after the front and rear lower portions of the garment have been pulled upwardly into the top of the garment, or folded up, and after the upwardly folded portions have been reversed or turned inside out.

FIGURE 9 illustrates the step of rolling the outer ends of the sleeves from the position shown in FIGURE 8 and pulling the sleeves and the unattached arm holes through the neck of the garment so that they can be sewed together.

FIGURE 10 illustrates one of the sleeves shown in FIGURE 9 after it has been completely pulled through the arm hole and the arm hole pulled through the neck so that it is in a position for sewing together.

FIGURE 11 is an enlarged detail section taken along the lines 11-11 of FIGURE 10, illustrating the sleeve in a two-ply assembly.

FIGURE 12 is a detail view illustrating the attachment of a collar to the garment.

FIGURE 13 is a view of the garment after the collar has been completely connected thereto.

FIGURE 14 is an enlarged section taken along the lines 1414 of FIGURE 13.

FIGURE 15 is a view of the finished garment.

Referring to the drawings, the reference number 10 illustrates the front panel of a garment while the reference numeral 12 illustrates the back panel of the garment. The portion 14 of the garment illustrates the sleeve or sleeves to be sewn to the front and back panels, while the portion 16 illustrates the neck band to be sewn to the garment.

The front panel 10 is provided with a front top portion 18 and a front bottom or lower portion 20. The front top portion will eventually become the front inside of the garment, while the front lower portion will eventually become the front outside of the garment.

The back portion or panel 12 is provided with a back top portion 22 and a back lower or bottom portion 24. The back top portion 22 will eventually become the back outside of the garment, while the back lower portion 24 will eventually become the back inside of the reversible garment.

The front top portion 18 of the garment, as well as the lower front portion 20, are provided with the neck holes 28, although if desired the neck hole in the front may have another configuration, which neck holes are of substantially the same configuration, which neck holes are of substantially the same configuration on the front top and the front bottom portions so that they coincide with one another when the garment is in a finished state of condition. Also the front top and the bottom portions are provided with arm holes 30 which are cut away and are of identical configurations so that they coincide when it is desired to connect the sleeves of the garment to the body portion. The back panel or portion is provided with similar arm holes 30 which coincide with those in the front panel or front portion of the garment so that they can be readily connected to the sleeves of the garment when it is in a finished condition.

It will be further noted that the top and bottom back portions have a straightsection 32 which will form the rear of the neck opening in the garment. The sleeves 14 are formed from a part that has a configuration that is a mirror image of itself when the sleeve 14 is folded or doubled over as best seen in FIGURE 4. The sleeve 14 is further provided with an outer sleeve section 34 and an inner sleeve section 36.

Referring to FIGURE 2, the front panel and the rear panel 12 are disposed in alignment with one another after which the front and the rear panels are sewn together, as indicated by the dotted lines 38 along their opposite sides and are also sewn adjacent their ends as indicated by the dotted lines 40, so that the garment panels are completely connected to each other except for the neck opening 28 adjacent the top and bottom portions and the arm holes 30.

After the front and rear panels have been sewn together, as shown in FIGURE 3, the sleeves 14 are folded over as best seen in FIGURE 4, and the lower ends are sewn together, as indicated by the dotted lines 42.

Referring to FIGURE 6, the sleeves 14 are sewn to the arm hole 30 adjacent the front top portion 18, while the garment or the front panel and back panel 10 and 12 are in an elongated position, as illustrated in FIGURE 6. After the sleeves have been sewn to the arm holes, as indicated by the dotted lines 44 in FIGURE 7, the lower portion of the front panel 10 and the lower back portion 24 of the back panel 12 are turned inside out, as indicated by the drawing in FIGURE 7, With the lower front and rear portions of the garment being pulled in the direction indicated by the arrows therein.

Once the lower front and rear portions of the garment have been turned inside out so that they are completely within the front top portion 18 and the rear top portion 22, the front top portion 18 and the rear top portion 22 are folded downwardly again or reversed, so that the garment assumes the position illustrated in FIGURE 8, with the sleeves 14 attached to the portions 18 and 22 of the garment, which will form the front inside and the back inside of the finished garment. The garment is also turned around s9 that the front outside of the garment is facing forward or facing out of the drawing, as seen in FIGURE 8. Thereafter, the outer portions 34 of the sleeves 14 are turned or folded backwardly and rolled upwardly on the outside of the inner portions of the sleeves 36 and are pulled through the arm holes 30, as indicated by the direction of the arrows in FIGURE 9, so that the ends 46 of these rolled back sleeve portions 34 can be connected to the arm holes of the portion 20 and the portion 24 forming the back inside of the garment.

Referring to FIGURE 10, there is illustrated the step of sewing the end 46 of the right sleeve to the corresponding arm hole 30 of the portion 20.

Referring to FIGURE 11, there is an enlarged detail view illustrating the outer sleeve 34 after it has been rolled back and sewed to the respective arm hole 30 in the portions 20 and 22 to complete the finished reversible garment product.

Referring to FIGURE 12, a neck band 16 is sewn along the edge of the neck hole or opening to form a collar thereon. The collar has a V-shaped cut 48 along its front edges which are connected together by sewing. Thereafter, it may be spread and folded.

From the foregoing description, it is apparent that the present invention provides a novel method of making a reversible garment and a novel reversible garment in which the front and rear two-ply portions of the garment are formed by sewing the front and rear panels of the garment together along their sides and top and bottom, except for the arm holes and the neck holes, and thereafter folding the lower portion of the garment inwardly or turning it inside out, and thereafter folding the two-ply portion which will form the front inside and outside of the garment downwardly again, after which the sleeves are rolled back over the inner portion of the sleeves which have already been sewed to the front inside and the back outside top portions of the garment, and thereafter pulling these outer sleeve portions and the arm holes to which they are to be sewn through the neck and sewing these portions together to form the reversible body portion of the garment.

Inasmuch as various changes may be made in the arrangement and location of the several parts, as well as of sewing the garment of the present invention, it is not meant to limit the invention except by the scope of the following claims.

What is claimed is:

1. A reversible garment comprising a two-ply front panel and a two-ply rear panel and two-ply sleeves secured to arm openings in the opposite upper portions of said front and rear panels, said sleeves having inner and outer portions formed of a single piece of material with the outer portions folded backwardly over the inner ply of the sleeves and forming the outer ply of the two-ply sleeves and being secured to the outer ply of each of the two-ply front and rear panels at said arm openings to form sleeves of identical diameter when worn with either side of the garment facing outwardly, each of said front and rear panels being formed of a single piece of material having upper and lower portions of identical configuration and size secured together along their side and top edges and having neck and arm access openings.

2. The method of making a reversible garment comprising providing a front and rear panel each of a configuration to cover a portion of a person, the panels being of the same size and symmetrical, each panel having an upper and lower portion of the same size and same configuration, arranging said panels so they are in confronting face to face relationship, securing said front and rear panels together to form a two-ply unitary panel having a neck access opening and arm openings at each end, forming sleeve blanks of twice the length of the finished sleeve out of other single pieces of material and securing one of the inner edges of the sleeve blanks to the arm openings in the upper portions of said front and rear panels, pulling the lower portions of the secured front and rear panels inside out over the upper portions until the access opening and arm openings on said lower portions are in confronting abutting relationship with the access opening and arm openings of the upper portions of said front and rear panels, to form a front two-ply panel over the rear two-ply panel to turn the garment inside out, thereafter folding backwardly upon themselves the outer portions of the sleeve blanks until they cover the inner portions of the sleeve blanks and pulling said outer portions of the sleeve blanks towards the unsecured arm openings, pulling the inner portions of said sleeve blanks and the unsecured arm openings through the neck access opening and then securing the edge of said outer portions to their respective arm openings to provide a reversible garment having the same diameter sleeves and body when either side of the garment is worn facing outwardly.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein said upper and lower front and rear panels are turned inwardly adjacent their abutting middle sections.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein said front panel has V-shaped neck access openings and the rear panel has a straight portion forming said access openin".

5. The method of claim 2 wherein a neck band is secured to the neck access opening.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,890,460 6/1959 Levi 2 243 3,044,517 7/1962 Levi 2 243 X FOREIGN PATENTS 541,770 12/1941 Great Britain.

Berkwits. ALFRED R. GUEST, Primary Examiner Muller.

Rosenstein 2-90 US. Cl. X.R. Dufine. 

